Anyone who meets with the pope.
They do not have to kiss the ring, but kissing the ring is showing respect to the holy person of the Roman Catholic Church.
To show respect for the Papacy.
The Papal Crown or Papal Triple Tiara
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the popes live in the papal apartments in the apostic palace in vatican city
Upon a papal death, the ring is ceremonially crushed in the presence of other cardinals by the Camerlengo, in order to prevent the sealing of backdated, forged documents during the interregnum, or sede vacante.
Generally referred to as a Papal Bull
They kiss the papal ring, not the hand. Anyone can kiss the ring if the pope presents his hand in such a manner that would allow it. All bishops and cardinals also wear a ring that may be kissed if the person allows it. Many have discontinued the practice, however, and would prefer a simple handshake instead.
Basia annulum is the Latin equivalent of 'Kiss the ring'. In the word by word translation, the verb 'basia' means '[you] are kissing, do kiss, kiss'. The masculine gender noun 'annulum' means 'ring'. The phrase is pronounced 'BAH-see-ah ahn-NOO-loom'.The phrase may be considered an observation on, a prompt for, or a reference to an audience with the Pope. Those who are granted a papal audience show their respect by kissing the individualized ring that each Pope wears on his right hand. Each ring is specific to the particular Pope. But all papal rings include an image of St. Peter [c. A.D. 1-64].
Papal supremacy the claim of medieval popes that they held authority over all secular, nonreligious rulers
Baciare l'anello is an Italian equivalent of the English phrase "Kiss the ring." The present infinitive, masculine singular definite article and noun -- which reference the courtesy in papal audiences -- may be translated literally by word order into English as "to kiss the ring." The pronunciation will be "ba-TCHA-rey la-NEL-lo" in Italian.
The two rival popes claimed authority.
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